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# Michelle Obama heads to Marbella for Spanish holiday with daughter and
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friends
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## Michelle Obama and her daughter are to take a holiday in the Spanish resort
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of Marbella on the Costa del Sol, the White House confirmed on Monday night.
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![Villa Padierna in Spain.][1]
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Michelle Obama will be staying at Villa Padierna Photo: Alamy
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By Fiona Govan in Barcelona 11:35PM BST 26 Jul 2010
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America's First Lady and her younger daughter, Sasha, nine, will spend four
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days in the seaside resort, staying at the five star Villa Padierna, which has
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a reputation as the best hotel in Spain.
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President Barack Obama will not be making the trip, nor would the couple's
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elder daughter Malia, 12, who is going to an American summer camp.
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Confirmation from the White House of [**Mrs Obama's**][2] private trip came
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after a day of frenzied speculation by the Spanish media over whether the
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entire family had chosen Spain for their holiday destination.
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On Sunday evening, websites of Spain's national newspapers claimed the entire
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family would be coming, but the White House quickly denied that the president,
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who is beset with problems at home, would be leaving the country for his
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holiday.
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However, a day later an official statement released by the White House read:
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"The First Lady will travel to Spain next week for a private, mother-daughter
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trip with longtime family friends. President Obama will not be joining this
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trip."
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## Related Articles
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* [Washington's safest babysitters: Malia and Sasha Obama][3]
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23 Jul 2010
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Spanish media reported that the trip would take place between August 4 to 8
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and that Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia had invited Mrs Obama to
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visit them at their summer palace on the island of Majorca.
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The Villa Padierna, a golf and spa resort with a private beach set along the
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coast from Marbella, regularly plays host to Sheiks from the Gulf States, most
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recently Prince Faisal, the son of the king of Saudi Arabia.
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Sources quoted in the Spanish media said the Obama party had booked 30 rooms
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at the resort, which start at 250 euros for a standard double, rising to
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between 2,200 and 5000 euros for a private villa within the gardens.
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According to the Obama's official schedule, the[ **First Family will visit the
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disaster-hit Gulf Coast**][4]** **in Florida for a weekend in August and will
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